The influence of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on wildlife diversity, demographics, and distributions.

自然和人为干扰以各种方式影响环境。通过研究干扰对生物多样性、野生动物种群和空间行为的影响，可以对景观、种群和空间生态学做出重大和新颖的贡献。我的研究项目旨在了解自然（气候变化等）的影响。和人为因素（基础设施等）干扰野生动物，并纳入了几个类群，包括两栖动物，鸟类和哺乳动物。我的研究还结合了土著知识（IK）（又名：传统生态知识），以加强野生动物对改变环境的反应的生态调查。我的目标是回答具体的问题，如：权衡与野生动物在干扰环境中最少的努力路径存在？人类活动线性干扰特征之间的差异如何与生物多样性、野生动物人口统计和空间行为的变化相关？气候对野生动物种群轨迹的预测影响是什么？通过将IK与现有的栖息地，气候，收获和人口数据相结合，我的研究计划将致力于生产预测人口模型，并将开发新的协议，将IK整合到未来的科学研究项目。这项研究不仅有助于野生动物保护和确保重要物种作为原住民社区经济和文化实体的可持续性，而且通过调查科学中代表性不足的领域，大大有助于我们对生态原则的基本理解。

Natural and anthropogenic disturbances influence the environment in a variety of ways. By investigating the influence of disturbance on biodiversity, wildlife demographics, and spatial behaviours, significant and novel contributions can be made to landscape, population, and spatial ecology. My research program seeks to understand the effects of natural (climate change, etc.) and anthropogenic (infrastructure, etc.) disturbance on wildlife, and incorporates several taxa including herpetofauna, birds, and mammals. My research also incorporates Indigenous Knowledge (IK) (aka: Traditional Ecological Knowledge) to strengthen ecological investigations of wildlife response to altered environments. I aim to answer specific questions such as: Do trade-offs associated with least effort pathways for wildlife in disturbed environments exist? How do differences among anthropogenic linear disturbance feature characteristics relate to changes in biodiversity, and wildlife demographics and spatial behaviour? What are the predicted effects of climate on wildlife population trajectories? By combining IK with existing habitat, climate, harvest, and population data, my research program will work towards producing predictive population models and will develop novel protocols for integrating IK into future scientific research projects. This research is not only important in contributing to wildlife conservation and ensuring the sustainability of important species as economic and cultural entities to Indigenous communities, but also contributes substantially to our basic understanding ecological principals through the investigation of areas underrepresented in science.